
Dr. Obiora Edward Onwuameze MD, MS, PHD
Psychiatrist | Psychiatry
901 W Jefferson St Springfield IL, 62702About
Dr. Obiora Onwuameze is a psychiatrist practicing in Iowa City, IA. Dr. Onwuameze is a medical doctor specializing in the care of mental health patients. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Onwuameze diagnoses and treats mental illnesses. Dr. Onwuameze may treat patients through a variety of methods including medications, psychotherapy or talk therapy, psychosocial interventions and more, depending on each individual case. Different medications that a psychiatrist might prescribe include antidepressants, antipsychotic mediations, mood stabilizers, stimulants, sedatives and hypnotics. Dr. Onwuameze treats conditions like depression, anxiety, OCD, eating disorders, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, insomnia, ADD and other mental illnesses.
Education and Training
College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul Korea (South/Republic Of) South Korea MD
University of Nigeria Faculty of Medicine 1990
Board Certification
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Beyond alcoholism: Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome in patients with psychiatric
- An initial study of modifiable and non-modifiable factors for late-life psychosis.
- Modifiable risk factors for depressed mood among farmers.
- Social adaptive functioning, apathy, and nondysphoric depression among nursing home-dwelling very old adults.
- Transitive inference deficits in unaffected biological relatives of schizophrenia patients.
- Longitudinal assessment of clinical risk factors for depression in schizophrenia spectrum disorders.
- Psychiatric Complications of Primary Hyperparathyroidism and Mild Hypercalcemia.
Treatments
- Bipolar Disorder
- Anxiety
- Psychosis
- Dementia
- Schizophrenia
Dr. Obiora Edward Onwuameze MD, MS, PHD's Practice location
Practice At 200 Hawkins Dr
200 Hawkins Dr -Iowa City, IA 52242Get Direction
Practice At 901 W Jefferson St
901 W Jefferson St -Springfield, IL 62702Get Direction
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